Reply to "How many players should a HS varsity team have?"

Passion4baseball1,000+ posts

I always like to keep up to 20 which gives me depth but then I have 5 or 6 kids that never play. It is nice to have the depth but at the end of the day it isn't worth the complaining from the kid or parent. Having less kids means they will play and having more kids means more kids benched and thus more of an opportunity to become a bad apple on the bench and effect the team in a negative way.

I learn something new every year.

The days of being the nice guy and allowing kids to be on the team so they can feel apart of something are long gone because it doesn't matter how many conversations you have with the kid and parent about the kid not getting a lot of playing time and it's a good thing he is still on the team, doesn't mean anything to the kid or parent in most cases. Parents want to see their kid play no matter win or lose. (in most cases)

5/6/148:46 AM

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